Improved ash-paw for locomotives



1 To allwhoia t may concern: e

1 Pans for Locomotives;

l stent mit.

LoNf-HEN- DEE, oar-GRAND JU'No TION, IOWA.

Lam-s Paraninfo. 105,317, met .my 12, 1870.

The Schedule `referred to in 1, tion, with bottom-slatsand dampers open.

` Figure 2 isa central vertical section of .the'same,

" showing the slats and dampers closed. j

My invention relates-gto aufimproyemcntin the "slatted bottom ash-pau for locomotives, and 1-con'sists in the arrangement of the,operating-lerervatthe 'side` 4 ot'and externallto 111ening the piroted plates, y fobtained, und in 1 y l umving and replaciuga bent or broken plate.

` l The letter A of the llrawingdesignates the `ashpan, openat each end, aud having its bottom formed 1 1 ot the pivoted slats or plates B, arranged to overlap `1eaeh other whenclosed, in the manner shown at g.2. V(1r1Gr represent dampers, hinged at eachend of the an, and arranged to shut ott' the draught entirely rwhcn desirable. 1 1 y c c represent removable strips, bolted to the lower "edges ci'1 the walls ot' the pan, and-serving to keep iu place the journals ot' the plates which form the bottom. 11 3 The plates 1 B are secured to the' rods d, which cxiu the frcedomof draught 1, trcngthen them, and to assist/in beaiing up the `1 1weight ot' ashes.

` 'lhe rod tl also forms tl1e`j0fu`rnals ofthe plate, and, y,

bent upward at one side ot"-thc pan,'servcs as 111heing "the crank or lever whereby theplateis operated.

" 1 D represents a connecting-hante which the ends' of all the cranks d arepivoted, and which servcsto r'cg, 1 1 1ulate their movements, and to render them uniform "Vaud simultaneous. 1 11 1 1 The object of the slattcd bottom is 'to obviatc'the 1 necessity y the irc-box, alaborions and uncomfortable operation,

and,- at best, but imperfectly performed.

well aware,` is not new; but, in ordcrthat tached, 'and the pan, in themannerof strengthf the ready means provided'i'or re# `tend centrally throughout their 1e`ngth,' and serve t0` ot'11emoving theashes byhand from undergr.V

This, I ttm 1 these Letters Patent and making part of the samel 1 bottom shall not beproductive of injury, -it must have itsplate's accurately litfted to each other, and there must. he no obstacles to the discharge of the ashes and cinders, which, by retaining them, can 'prevent the complete closing oi ythe bottom. Otherwise the redhot cinders will fall through upony the track, at any point,4 along the road, and may result'in the destruction of the tics,iu dry weather, or ot abridge, thus creating accidents which may result of life as well asot property.

Hence, I have placed the operating -levers and thc connecting-bar outside ofthe pau, thus securing withx in it a perfectly free space along the bottom, with nothing in the way to which the cinders 'can become. at-

thereby prevent the complete closing ot' 1 0n the contrary, when a sufficient amount (1f-ashes has'accunmlated, and the engine has arrived place for their discharge, theslats areV the plates.

,1 a't-a suitable `br`ought into'a perpendicularposition, by means ot the connecting-rod, and all -theV ashesand cindrs must `neeessarily fall through thc spaces between. 1

But if, by accident or otherwise, one of theplates should become warped or broken, so that it will not t its neighboring slats securely, a means-is provided whereby it-may be removed in a very few minutes,

and its place supplied l by a new plate. In order to accomplish this, itis only necessary to remove the boltst'rom the removable strip c', which,(nitelidsalongl wall, and serves to confine the the lower edge of the journals ot the plates.

c, 'lhedampers G G performl an important function.

in supplying the 'necessary draught to tlie gratcwhen' the engine is'in motion. ,Y

y That 1IV claim as my invention, and desire to 'secure by Lett-ers Patent, is 1 In a'loeomotive ash-panthc arrangement-ol' the pivotcd plates B, rods d, connecting-bnr l), and re movable strips c c', when constructed as and for the purposes hereinshown and described.1 1 yIn testimony that I claim the aboe'l',V havehereunto subscribed my name in the presence 'off two wit-4 nesses, LON .H-EN DEE. A Witnesses:` 1 l f 0. B. PARmJr.,

assetati p 'Ga .Hummm in the destruct-ion. 

